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TO: NAESB Critical Infrastructure Committee Members: Bill Boswell, Jim Buccigross, J. Cade Burks, Valerie Crockett, Dave Darnell, Michael Desselle, Bruce Ellsworth, Christopher Freitas, William Gallagher, Bob Gee, Annabelle Lee, Joelle Ogg, Thomas Pearce, Brett Perlman, and Leigh Spangler FROM: Caroline Trum, Deputy Director, NAESB RE: Meeting Notes from the NAESB Board Critical Infrastructure Committee Conference Call – December 4, 2017 DATE: December 7, 2017
Dear Board Critical Infrastructure Committee Members, A Board Critical Infrastructure Committee conference call was held on December 4, 2017. The meeting was called to order at 2:00 PM Central. Mr. Burks and Mr. Darnell presided over the meeting. The notes and attachments below serve as a record for the meeting.
Notes from the December 4, 2017 NAESB Board Critical Infrastructure Committee Conference Call
Administrative Mr. Burks welcomed the committee members to the conference call. Ms. Trum provided the antitrust and meeting policy guidance and called the roll of the Critical Infrastructure Committee. As quorum was not established, the meeting was declared a working session. Mr. Burks reviewed the agenda. Ms. Crockett moved, seconded by Mr. Darnell, to adopt the agenda. The motion passed without opposition.
Discuss Sandia Mr. Burks asked Mr. Anderson to review the tasking document provided by Sandia National National Laboratories regarding the surety assessment on the NAESB Business Practice Standards. Mr. Laboratories Anderson stated that Mr. Freitas had contacted Sandia National Laboratories to perform a Surety Assessment Department of Energy sponsored surety assessment on the NAESB Business Practice Standards. Tasking Document Sandia National Laboratories had performed two previous surety assessments on the NAESB Business Practice Standards. The current surety assessment is divided into three tasks: a review of the WGQ and RMQ Internet Electronic Transport and Electronic Delivery Mechanism Standards, a review of the standards and documentation comprising the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certification Program, and a dependency analysis between the gas and electric markets. Mr. Anderson stated that his team with met with a few NAESB subject matter experts in August to gain a better understanding of the standards and how they are translated into operational activities. The overall goal of the surety assessment is to identify any possible security concerns or vulnerabilities, especially those that could impact a more integrated market. Mr. Booe stated that in discussions between NAESB and Mr. Freitas regarding the surety assessment, there was identified a need to include the WGQ contract mechanism to ensure wholesale gas market transactions utilizing the mechanism are secure. He asked if this area was a focus of the surety assessment. Mr. Anderson responded that Sandia National Laboratories is taking a wholistic approach to its review, which includes not only a review of the standards but also how the standards interact and operate. He indicated that this was an area included in the surety assessment. Mr. Anderson stated that his team is in the process of drafting its report and will work with Mr. Freitas and the Department of Energy regarding its release. Mr. Booe stated that in reviewing the PKI Standards, the team from Sandia National Laboratories had questions about the interaction with the PKI Standards and the OASIS Standards. He asked if the OASIS Standards were also included in the surety assessment. Mr. Anderson stated that his team had reviewed the OASIS
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Notes from the December 4, 2017 NAESB Board Critical Infrastructure Committee Conference Call
Standards and identified approximately half a dozen to be included in the surety assessment. Mr. Booe stated that all three quadrants had added a provisional item to their 2018 Annual Plan regarding potential standards development based on any recommendations from the surety assessment report. He asked the timeline for preparing and releasing the report. Mr. Anderson stated that the report should be completed by the end of this year or early January 2018. Mr. Burks suggested that the committee reconvene following the release of the report. He stated that it may be beneficial for the committee to review the report prior to any standards development. There was general agreement to proceed in this manner.
Plan for Future Mr. Burks stated that the next meeting of the committee will likely be in January to review the Meetings report regarding the surety assessment.
Other Business There was no other business discussed. Action Items: Ms. Trum will work with the committee chairs to schedule the next meeting of the committee following the release of the report on the surety assessment.
Adjourn The meeting adjourned at 2:20 PM on a motion by Mr. Darnell, seconded by Mr. Spangler.
Work Papers Agenda Item 1: Antitrust Guidance: Provided for the Meeting http://www.naesb.org/misc/antitrust_guidance.doc (antitrust), https://naesb.org/pdf4/board_critical_inf_members.pdf (roster), https://naesb.org/pdf4/bd_cic120417a.doc (agenda)
Agenda Item 2: Sandia National Laboratories Surety Tasking Document https://naesb.org/pdf4/bd_cic120417w1.docx (tasking document)
December 4, 2017 NAESB Board Critical Infrastructure Committee Conference Call CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Name Organization Cade Burks Big Data Energy Services Valerie Crockett Tennessee Valley Authority Dave Darnell Systrends USA Bruce Ellsworth New York State Reliability Council Annabelle Lee Nevermore Security Thomas Pearce US Department of Energy – Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis (EPSA) Leigh Spangler Latitude Technologies OTHER ATTENDEES Name Organization NAESB Board Critical Infrastructure Committee Meeting Notes – December 4, 2017 Page 2 of 3 North American Energy Standards Board 801 Travis, Suite 1675, Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: (713) 356-0060, Fax: (713) 356-0067, E-mail: [email protected] Home Page: www.naesb.org
December 4, 2017 NAESB Board Critical Infrastructure Committee Conference Call CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Name Organization Cade Burks Big Data Energy Services Valerie Crockett Tennessee Valley Authority Ben Anderson Sandia National Laboratories Jonathan Booe NAESB David Crabtree TECO/Peoples Gas System Joshua Daley Sandia National Laboratories Rachel Hogge Dominion Energy Transmission Lila Kee GMO GlobalSign, Inc. Steve McCord TransCanada Pipelines Keith Sappenfield Environmental Resources Management Ed Skiba MISO Kevin Spontak MISO Denise Rager NAESB Marshall Riley Sandia National Laboratories Caroline Trum NAESB Kim Van Pelt Boardwalk Pipeline Partners
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